Williams let Hernandez, 48, move in with her and during their two-year relationship (all platonic). Williams says she gave Hernandez more than $100,000 to invest for her. All of that money, she says, is gone.

Cruz spoke to two other women who told her similar tales about Hernandez.

All of them claimed to be out of cash. They said they were also duped by Hernandez and phony professions; he told these alleged victims that he was an officer with Homeland Security and a colonel in the military.

“I can forgive myself for making a stupid decision,” Shrout says, “but he can burn in hell.”